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InternetNews
August 7, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Ex-Brocade CEO Convicted in Backdating Scandal Former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory L. Reyes was convicted Tuesday of defrauding investors by improperly disclosing the backdating of stock options and filing false financial statements.   |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Peter Burrows |
A Smaller Options Scandal? The campaign to lock up accused backdaters is moving slowly. Here's how a key case is playing out. |
InternetNews
August 11, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Feds Hit Former Brocade Execs With New Charges The Department of Justice has filed new securities-related fraud charges against former Brocade officials already under indictment for violating securities laws. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Former Brocade Execs Charged in Stock Scandal Brocade becomes just the latest caught in the stock options mess. Feds say the company fraud cost investors millions. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Scandals Enter Final Lap The sentencing of Brocade's CEO shows that the race is almost run -- and shareholders have lost. |
InternetNews
August 4, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Apple Stock Option Probe Escalates Apple Computer Inc. said it may have to restate past financial results after uncovering additional accounting regularities during its internal investigation into stock option grants. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Boredom It seems everyone from investors to the justice system is tiring of the stock options scandal. |
InternetNews
May 31, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SEC Settles Backdating Cases With Mercury, Brocade The Securities and Exchange Commission settled stock-option backdating cases with Mercury Interactive and Brocade Communications Systems totaling $35 million. |
BusinessWeek
February 13, 2006
Peter Burrows |
Brocade: Stung By Stock Options As the government investigates Brocade and ex-CEO Greg Reyes, he may sue the board. |
Entrepreneur
November 2009 |
Candid Talk About Stock Options Companies are clear: Stock options may not gain value. But employees still expect them. A burned senior VP at a big bank says just to cut her a bonus check. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Comverse Fires Former Execs Over Options Scandal Comverse Technology has fired three of its top executives a week after they were charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2010
Tom Gardner |
So You Want to Piss People Off? The company has treated shareholders to a decline in the value of their stock from an adjusted $118 at the peak 10 years ago to $5 per share today. Add to it the recent sentencing of former CEO Greg Reyes to 18 months in jail for options backdating. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Options Run Out at Comverse Greed strikes again. A financial officer at the telecom-software provider pleads guilty for his role in another backdating scandal. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Sympathy For Stock Option Backdaters? Whatever you want to call the chowder pot of stock option backdating cases, it still boils down to sketchy accounting. |
InternetNews
August 9, 2006
Roy Mark |
Stock Options Scandal Hits Comverse Federal authorities charge Comverse Technology's former CEO and two others with criminal and civil complaints. |
InternetNews
December 18, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Looking Back: A Scandalous Year For Tech From a pretexting scandal to backdated stock options and more, tech suffered some shameful exposure in 2006. |
InternetNews
October 4, 2006
David Needle |
Jobs Knew of Backdating Apple Computer released results today of an investigation into the backdating of stock option grants, saying it found that CEO Steve Jobs was aware of the practice. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Dawn Kopecki |
Backdating: Why Penalties Are Puny The SEC considers options violations less serious than other kinds of financial fraud. |
InternetNews
July 13, 2006 |
Feds Eye Bay Area Tech in Options Scandal The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California is looking into allegations that several Bay area companies abused the practice of timing stock options; something of a tradition in the tech industry. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Altera Backpedals on Backdating Options backdating forces the programmable chip maker to restate 10 years of financials. Investors, beware. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Is Backdating Really So Bad? Is repricing options really a crime, or simply a mild accounting gimmick? However, backdating stock options carries a real cost to shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Monster's Monstrous Contretemps The job-listing service is the latest to join the backdating club. So where will this stock-option dishonesty lead us? Most of the companies besmirched by stock-option dating irregularities have seen their share prices remain generally unaffected. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Lori Calabro |
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty Paul McNulty, whose team of prosecutors has convicted some 30 CFOs in the past four years, talks about backdating, company cooperation, and why the government's Corporate Fraud Task Force isn't going away. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Apple's Rotting Core? Although the computer maker absolved its CEO of wrongdoing, should investors be so lenient? |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Meade Zooms In on Options The telescope maker finds stock-option errors but says they're not related to backdating scandals. When the company gets around to finally filing its revised financial statements, let's hope shareholders aren't knocked so badly that they're seeing stars. |
InternetNews
August 8, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Brocade Bids For Storage Gear Rival McData Brocade today agreed to buy rival McData for $713 million in stock, a deal that will enable the storage gear maker to better compete with Cisco Systems in the market for storage equipment. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
Peter Burrows |
He's Making Hay As CEOs Squirm Erik Lie uncovered widespread backdating of stock options. Now he's reaping rewards. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2007
Rich Duprey |
McAfee Orders a Recount The security software maker reprices backdated stock options. The total cost to McAfee -- and shareholders -- is currently unknown. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Backdating Al Capone Tax bills will be due soon in the options backdating scandal that will likely sink many executives. In addition to misrepresenting to the IRS the real profits earned, backdating also misrepresents the true cost of stock options to shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Progress at Last? The significant news this week is that software maker completed its review of historical stock options grants, filed its restated financials with the SEC, and laid bare its stock options story in astonishingly frank detail. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: Scandal Saps Sapient's Strength The business software and services provider will report preliminary third-quarter 2006 financial results because the company still has not completed its stock-option backdating review. |
InternetNews
August 28, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google CFO George Reyes Resigns Google CFO George Reyes said will leave the company before the end of 2007. |
InternetNews
July 5, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Mercury Heads May Face Stock-Option Probe The SEC may pursue three Mercury Interactive directors in relation to a stock-option grant backdating scandal. |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Digital River Bound for Rough Waters? The e-commerce outsource provider may have lurking backdating concerns. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
Brocade Communications Systems May Be Cheaper Than You Think Brocade Communications Systems has a tendency to produce more free cash flow than net income. This means that the standard price-to-earnings multiple investors use to judge companies may overstate its price tag. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 21, 2007
Ben Rothke |
Weak Enforcement of Corporate Governance and Lax Technical Controls Have Enabled the Illegal Backdating of Stock Options Regulations focusing on backdating have prompted corporations to pursue technical solutions centered around time synchronization to eradicate the practice. |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2006
Rich Duprey |
KLA's Optional Disclosure The chip manufacturer waits for a long weekend to announce the results of an options probe. The ultimate cost to the company and the amount of restating that will have to take place will likely be significant. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2007
Rich Duprey |
A Monster of a Problem Prosecutors scrutinize the job search site over stock-option backdating allegations. What does it mean to investors? |
